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Podcast Questions & Answers Ep 9
Season 7 Episode 11
In our latest Questions and Answers Episode we look at the rifles carried by British soldiers in the Great War, discuss the experience of Prisoners o…
1 year, 7 months ago
Somme 1916: Nab Valley
Season 7 Episode 10
For our 200th Episode we return to the Somme battlefields where the podcast began in 2020 and walk the ground from Crucifix Corner, along the edge of…
1 year, 7 months ago
Podcast Questions & Answers Ep 8
Season 7 Episode 9
In our latest batch of Questions and Answers we look at what Mentioned in Despatches were, who they were awarded to how and what they were for, we di…
1 year, 8 months ago
Somme Books
Season 7 Episode 8
The Somme is one of the most written about battles in military history. Where to start your reading given the huge number of books about the period? …
1 year, 8 months ago
Podcast Questions & Answers Ep 7
Season 7 Episode 7
In this latest Question & Answer Episode we look at subjects ranging from the Hampshire Regiment in the Great War, to ask if there is an increase in …
1 year, 8 months ago
Gallipoli: The First D-Day?
Season 7 Episode 6
On the 80th Anniversary of the Normandy Landings in 1944, we look at how events at Gallipoli in 1915 link the two great conflicts, from Churchill to …
1 year, 8 months ago
Podcast Questions & Answers Ep 6
Season 7 Episode 5
In our latest series of Questions and Answers we cover a wide range of subjects from the use of alcohol and tobacco by soldiers in the war, to visiti…
1 year, 8 months ago
The War Underground
Season 7 Episode 4
The War Underground in many ways defined the static nature of the First World War on the Western Front. We examine the history of military mining, di…
1 year, 9 months ago
Why was there Trench Warfare in WW1?
Season 7 Episode 3
In the first of our new 'how and why' podcasts we ask a simple question: Why was there Trench Warfare in the First World War? What factors made it po…
1 year, 9 months ago
Podcast Questions & Answers Ep 5
Season 7 Episode 2
In this latest Questions & Answers bonus episode, we look at questions about the Regular Army and the 1914 Star, the Canadians in WW1 as 'Shock Troop…
1 year, 9 months ago